http://www.wcs.org/ Scroll down please, take
action, speak out on the Super Highway again. Nigeria. The superhighway will be
rerouted away from the Ekuri community forest. Cross River gorilla habitat is no
longer threatened, but habitat for vulnerable species like chimpanzees, forest
elephants, and pangolins continues to be threatened!

Subject: The British Olympic Association: Take a stand in PyeongChang 2018
against the dog and cat meat trade!

The British Olympic Association (BOA)

60 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2NU

United Kingdom

Dear The British Olympic Association:

PyeongChang, South Korea, set to play host to the world in the 2018 Winter
Olympics. An international gathering of elite athletes, sports fans, governments
and businesses on such a grand scale is a unique platform for taking a
meaningful stand against the widely condemned, barbaric and inhumane dog and cat
meat trade in South Korea.

We know you are busy preparing for this epic sporting event. However, we
urge you to spare just a few minutes of your time to watch this video, as fellow
people with compassion for animals, whether they are raised for our consumption
or as our companions, working partners and guardians, we know you will agree
that the current practice and attitude of those involved in this medieval
industry is completely unacceptable and abhorrent. http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Qhttps://youtu.be/9SKVdNrfIZo

No living being deserves such a torturous existence. Forced to endure the
most extreme deprivation and unimaginable torment from the moment they are born
until the day they are brutally slaughtered; dogs (our best friends) are battery
farmed - imprisoned in cramped, rusty, raised cages all their lives with no
protection from extreme elements.

They have no access to water, exercise, or medical care. Their eardrums are
often burst to prevent them from barking. Until, often in front of other live
dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten skinned or burnt alive in the
ignorant belief that such suffering will improve their taste. Could you imagine
this happening to your best friend?

This industry is by no means small scale, thousands upon thousands of dogs
are factory farmed in this way every day, there is no emphasis on even the most
basic and cheapest humane farming methods in this operation. This trade has no
basis in promoting "culture" or tradition of the Korean people, it is purely
driven by greed and the profits that can be made in this severely
under-regulated, tax free sector which in itself is highly unsanitary and a
severe risk to both human and animal health.

Please do not look the other way, please do not see this issue as a
'cultural difference', we urge you to look at this issue with unbridled
compassion and to use whatever means or methods you can to add your voice to the
many already calling for change in south Korea.

This petition is just a start, we urge you to add your voice to social
media and other campaigns. Please use this unique opportunity to help change the
lives of so many dogs and cats condemned to a life in the meat trade. If South
Korea knows the world is watching and is asking for change, and if South Korea
wants to be respected as a nation of conscience, South Koreans need to
strengthen their abysmal and outdated animal welfare laws and permanently ban
dog and cat consumption. Please help us to bring about this change!

They cannot speak for themselves which is why I am writing on their behalf.

I believe that your city wishes to be made aware of this ongoing issue, and
not want to be affiliated with a city where illegal and immoral torture is being
carried out on any animal, and particularly not on those that are loyal,
trusting and sentient creatures, which look up to us humans as being their
guardians.

These illegal trades are still being allowed to continue by Korean
authorities – even though there is a large growing opposition from pet owners
across South Korea, and throughout the world.

So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Damyang,
especially Mayor Hyung-Sik Choi , to urge them to enforce their own laws, not
ignore them, and to show compassion towards their companion animals, and respect
to their own citizens, by bringing these brutal trades finally to an end!

With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, this is the time to make
change; this is the time to stop the illegal, inhumane and unnecessary cruelty.

I know that South Korea has many beautiful, admirable and noble practices
and customs worth preserving, but this is not one of them.

Thank you for your time and understanding.

Please let me know how you feel about this so often concealed subject,
thank you.